Nancy Tuana

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Titles and Affiliations
DuPont/Class of 1949 Professor, Philosophy

Research Summary

Research interests include feminist philosophy; science studies with an emphasis on epistemological and ethical issues; moral literacy; coupled epistemic-ethical issues in scientific practice, with particular emphasis on climate science; and approaches to intersectionality.

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Recent Publications

Guest Editor's Introduction

Tuana, N., 2024, In: Critical Philosophy of Race. 12, 2, p. 213-214 2 p.

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Attention to values helps shape convergence research

Helgeson, C., Nicholas, R. E., Keller, K., Forest, C. E. & Tuana, N., Jan 2022, In: Climatic Change. 170, 1-2, 17.

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Why simpler computer simulation models can be epistemically better for informing decisions

Helgeson, C., Srikrishnan, V., Keller, K. & Tuana, N., Apr 2021, In: Philosophy of Science. 88, 2, p. 213-233 21 p.

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The paradox of liberatory activism: The promise of decisive hyper-activism

Tuana, N. & Scott, C., 2021, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 35, 4, p. 388-400 13 p.

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Editors' introduction tango dancing with maría lugones: Toward decolonial feminisms

Velez, E. & Tuana, N., 2020, In: Critical Philosophy of Race. 8, 1-2, p. 1-24 24 p.

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Toward Decolonial Feminisms: Tracing the Lineages of Decolonial Thinking through Latin American/Latinx Feminist Philosophy

Velez, E. D. & Tuana, N., Jun 1 2020, In: Hypatia. 35, 3, p. 366-372 7 p.

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Climate apartheid:The forgetting of race in the anthropocene

Tuana, N., 2019, In: Critical Philosophy of Race. 7, 1, p. 1-31 31 p.

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Border arte philosophy: Altogether beyond philosophy

Tuana, N. & Scott, C., 2018, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 32, 1, p. 70-91 22 p.

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Epistemic and ethical trade-offs in decision analytical modelling: A case study of flood risk management in New Orleans

Vezér, M., Bakker, A., Keller, K. & Tuana, N., Mar 1 2018, In: Climatic Change. 147, 1-2, p. 1-10 10 p.

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Building a Values-Informed Mental Model for New Orleans Climate Risk Management

Bessette, D. L., Mayer, L. A., Cwik, B., Vezér, M., Keller, K., Lempert, R. J. & Tuana, N., Oct 2017, In: Risk Analysis. 37, 10, p. 1993-2004 12 p.

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Understanding scientists’ computational modeling decisions about climate risk management strategies using values-informed mental models

Mayer, L. A., Loa, K., Cwik, B., Tuana, N., Keller, K., Gonnerman, C., Parker, A. M. & Lempert, R. J., Jan 1 2017, In: Global Environmental Change. 42, p. 107-116 10 p.

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Nepantla: Writing (from) the In-Between

Scott, C. & Tuana, N., Jan 1 2017, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 31, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.

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Climate change and loss, as if people mattered: values, places, and experiences

Tschakert, P., Barnett, J., Ellis, N., Lawrence, C., Tuana, N., New, M., Elrick-Barr, C., Pandit, R. & Pannell, D., Sep 1 2017, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 8, 5, e476.

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An Infused dialogue, Part 2: The power of love without objectivity

Scott, C. & Tuana, N., 2016, In: Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 30, 1, p. 15-26 12 p.

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TCHANGE: The role of values and visioning in transformation science

Tschakert, P., Tuana, N., Westskog, H., Koelle, B. & Afrika, A., Jun 1 2016, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 20, p. 21-25 5 p.

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